The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery ...

Kosmos 482 —originally launched on March 31, 1972, as part of the Soviet Union's ambitious Venera program to explore Venus—is ...

In 1972, the Soviet Union’s Venera 8 spacecraft became the second ever to land on Venus. It operated for 50 minutes in the ...

A spaceship first sent up by Russia in 1972 could crash into Earth at 17,000mph next month, potentially hitting the UK ...

In late March 1972, the Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 was launched. But that attempted Venus probe ran amuck during its ...

The secretive Russian satellite in space that U.S. officials believe is connected to a nuclear anti-satellite weapon program ...

This week, dual escalations in Yemen and Ukraine raises sharp questions about America’s strategic priorities and its ability ...